dry run
See also: dry-run
English
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editdry (“impotent; harmless”) + run. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English.[1]
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Noun
edit- (idiomatic) A practice; a rehearsal.
- They did a dry run of the demonstration before showing it to the CEO.
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edit- ^ Michael Quinion (1996–2024) “Dry run”, in World Wide Words.